Top coat effects continue to be a huge trend as every brand plus their uncle has decided to come out with them. The thesaurus has been used quite often to come up with terms for “break apart”. We have your shatters, crackles and fractures. Then there are your textured looks, mattes and holographics to change the finish of your polish. I actually like the shatters…its my easy way of achieving nail art without stamping. Here’s just a couple of top coat effects that are on the scene right now.
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Source – Jason Wu’s Anna top coat |
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Source – OPI’s line of Shatters |
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Source – China Glaze’s latest Crackles |
Source – I really like the effect on these from KleanColor |
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Source – Princess Nails’ Hologram Top Coat |
Have you tried any of those mentioned above??? What are your favorite top coat effects??? Would you like to see the trend features continued???